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Hello Gary ,I am not a trap shooter but an upland hunter mostly ,with that said ,I have used Poly Wad SpreadR Loads for years with great success ! I had a 16 Ga. Trojan that was so tight I couldn't hit anything with it but it was a nice gun to carry so I persisted and eventually came across the Polywad Ammo and it really works ! It is low pressure ,good for the Damascus Barrels and the wood on these old guns ,and now I see they even make a Double Wide Vintager Load ! The last thing I would do is open up the chokes on an original Parker ,whether it was Damascus Barreled or Fluid Steel ! That is just my line of thought ,of course you own the gun so it is your option but the SpreadR Loads are a great alternative ! Best ; Russ

Sometimes commercial spreaders and reloads with spreader inserts will throw "doughnut patterns" with a hole in the center. It's good to check your patterns with same, on paper, before heading out to the courses or the field.

A friend is in the plastics molding business and he's been working to patent and market a new type spreader gizzmo. This is all I can share right now. Just to show what can be done. The patterns I'm posting here were done using a 12 gauge GH Parker Damascus with .036" choke/left barrel at 20 yards from a sitting rest. I'll keep folks here appraised of progress with the Patent.

Control (just for comparison) - 1-1/8 ounce of Lawrence hard 8's in a Remington RXP wad, in a Remington Gun Club case. Powder was IMR "PB" at low pressure. Sorry, I'm not a ballistician. Please don't ask for the powder charge; you can easily get that info from the Hodgdon's site.
http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...ps185536d1.jpg

Same load of 8's also at 20 yards but with his spreader gizzmo
http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8405138c.jpg

Please do keep us informed on what is going on with his "spreader gizzmo", looks pretty darn nice.

looks like your friend is on to something good...charlie

Here's a spreader gizmo which answers a question no one has asked.

http://www.paradigmsrp.com/our-produ...tgun-spreader/

wow thats interesting.. i would think 25 straight in skeet would be easy with that.. and you could turn it the other way for trap.. LOL wonder how long it will take them to outlaw that on the range...